The battle inside the lair has begun.
The lair at the second dungeon is three times bigger than the boss room of the first dungeon.
There are long pillars with paths on the side supporting the wall to get to the higher floors inside the lair. There are multiple high wooden platforms on the ground floor right next to the walls, where the goblins can watch the lair from a higher area.
And right at the foot of those platforms, are where the ocean of goblins is at.
Over three hundred goblins are in this lair, including thirty hobgoblins, fourteen witch goblins, and three trolls who are standing by at the far end of the lair, right next to the king's altar.
The king's altar itself was separated from the ground floor with a few short stairs and is made using concrete instead of dirt. On the top of the king's altar are the three trolls, two witches, as well as the grinning goblin king, who watches with a big smile as the adventurers swarm the lair's entrance.
After finding that the adventurers besieged the lair, the goblins on the ground started to panic and riot, and the battle began immediately.
In the first clash, multiple goblins died in just a second. Screams coming from the huge goblins, the Hobgoblins, were heard very loudly as they approached the three entrances on the bottom floor that was swarmed by the adventurers.
The adventurers are slowly killing the goblins bit by bit. Their teamwork is essential, and luckily it is working very well. But, they are still facing the normal goblins.
The Hobgoblins are on their way, and are getting closer and closer to the army of adventurers. The first assault squad was the first to experience a Hobgoblin attack, but it was immediately taken down in one hit by Glasses's magic.
BAARRR!!!!!
The Hobgoblin that was rushing to the first assault squad fell to the dirt floor after receiving a fireball to the face.
"Keep moving forward!! Don't let these green assholes hurt you!!!"
"""OHHH!!!!"""
Screams of war cries from the adventurers can be heard inside the lair.
Goblin witches started to throw fireballs at the adventurers from the top of the wooden platforms by the walls, but the tankers simply lifted their shields up. The punch from the fireballs are quite weak, but as a result, their shields are melting. Seeing that their shields couldn't handle the fire magic, the tankers quickly switched places with the close ranged users to take time for their shields to cool down from the flames.
The witches, however, are not taking any time. But before it could shoot another fireball, an arrow got stuck at its head.
JREBB!!!!
An archer from the third squad shot all the witches down with his crazy accuracy, one arrow for each witch. All it took for him was to find a high enough spot to shoot, and it took him some time to climb a single large rock right by the entrance of the third squad. But of course, placing him on a high spot means that the goblins can see them too.
"Watch out!!"
An adventurer from the bottom shouted to the archer as lots of arrows coming from the goblins flew towards him. He tried to jump away, but an arrow managed to land on his leg.
ZREK!!!
"Kah!!!"
"Watch out!!!"
He fell forward from the rock to the dirt floor and got immediately surrounded by goblins. But before the goblins could touch him, one by one the goblins lost their heads. Blood showered everywhere, and a person emerged from there.
It's the third assault squad team leader, and a grin is worn on his face.
"Nice shots. Can you stand up?"
"Yes."
"Don't move, just keep shooting!"
He slashed his sword again to kill another tall goblin that approached them. But before he was able to kill the second one, a loud shout came towards them.
Two hobgoblins are coming. Their sizes are at least three meters each, and they seemed to be bearing weapons with them.
How are they going to take them down?
Before the leader can tell everyone to run, the Hobgoblins got an arrow stuck on one of their eyes. One of them fell down to the floor, while another one tried to take the arrow off.
The team leader turned to the archer next to him, and found him reloading an arrow.
"I can shoot. I can't run, but I can shoot."
He grinned as he said that, which made the team leader grin too. The team leader then lifted his sword high, and he shouted with all his might.
"CHARGE!!!!"
"""ROOAAAHHHH!!!!"""
The battle continued, with more and more goblins falling.
Over fifty goblins have died so far, and only about two hundred fifty more to go. The battle is still a long way to the end.
From a higher place inside the lair, corpses of goblins are falling from the top. The hostage saving team has entered the lair through a higher level entrance, and they arrived inside at the highest spot of the lair, which puts them at an advantage since they won't be found by the goblins on the ground.
From the top, Lady Berrily can see the whole situation of the battle very clearly. The three entrances at the bottom are filled with adventurers fighting the goblins, and they are winning by a lot. Though there are still hundreds of goblins in front of them, it still seems like the adventurers are doing really well.
At the furthest, very back side of the lair, are the giants.
Trolls, which are the tallest type of monster present in the dungeon, proudly stood with its seven meters tall body with a massive muscular build. On their hands are giant clubs made out of rock, where a single swing from those can decimate an entire group of adventurers easily.
There are 3 of them in total, standing by and simply watching the battle happening, right next to the king's altar.
And in his throne, the king is still sitting silently and calmly. His eyes are studying the situation of the battle with calm, and he has not moved from his position at all.
"What the hell is the king doing?"
"I don't know, but we better find the hostages quickly!"
One of the adventurers said to Berrily, and she turned to another team member.
"Okay... Let me."
Luckily, the hostage team has someone from a beastmen race. Beastmen are known to have very keen senses, either that be the ears, or the nose, or the eyes. The guy has the ability to smell things from afar, which they will use to find the captured adventurers.
"Found them! Follow me!"
The Beastman started running downwards on the wooden platform that was planted to the walls and the pillars. The rest of the squad followed behind him.
Meanwhile, the second squad is fighting against two Hobgoblins at once. While the Hobgoblins were fighting the adventurers, the other goblins couldn't do anything, so they just stood back and watched.
Beard was actually glad that the goblins aren't attacking, but the fact that they still have to deal with these two giant goblins doesn't make him happier.
The Hobgoblins used a club and a big blade each. The Hobgoblin that is using a club is fighting the tanker of the team and his teammates, while the bladed one is facing Beard alone.
"Come, then!"
Beard taunted the Hobgoblin, and the massive blade was swung forward.
BAARRR!!!
The bladed Hob rushed at Beard, but his moves were very fast. After the Hobgoblin pummeled his giant sword to the ground, Beard casted an earth magic as quick as he could, causing the sword to get stuck even deeper under the rocky ground.
The Hobgoblin tried to pull its sword back, but it was already eaten by the floor. So, it gave up and lifted both its fists.
FWOOSSHH!!!!
The Hobgoblin threw a heavy punch towards the ground near Beard, and its massive fist caused the ground to shake heavily. The Hobgoblin will need to take some time to recover after the attack, but Beard had already rushed forward.
ZRIINGGG!!!!!
He swung his large blade, and he managed to remove the Hobgoblin of its hand.
"RAAAHHH!!!"
The Hobgoblin, having lost a hand, started to use its feet. It stomped the ground again and again, causing the ground to shake badly. But from behind, a fire mage adventurer shot a fireball towards its face.
BAARRR!!!!!
The fireball exploded in its face, causing heavy damage to the Hobgoblin. The Hobgoblin lost its balance for a bit, but it was able to recover. Once it was done feeling the pain, it turned its burnt rageful face towards the adventurers, revealing that it only has one eye left.
Having one eyed and one armed, The Hobgoblin is only a little bit more towards defeat.
FWOOOSSSHHHH!!!!!!
But then it jumped, very-very high.
"Everybody move!!!"
BOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone who was at the location of the Hobgoblin's landing spot quickly ran away. When it landed, the Hobgoblin created a massive explosion, forming a crater.
After it landed, the Hobgoblin needed some time to recover. The adventurers knew this, and they did not waste this chance.
SRESH!!!
SRINNGGG!!!!!
Beard and one of his allies started slicing the legs of the giant monster, and the three meters tall Hobgoblin fell forward.
"RUAAA!!"
It let out a massive scream as it tried getting back up, and the adventurers wouldn't want to miss this chance to kill it.
Beard jumped forward, all the way to the Hobgoblin's face. The Hobgoblin turned its eyes at him, and what it saw was Beard's raging expression, as well the swinging blade he was holding.
ZREGG!!!!!!
The head was cut off from its neck, and blood sprayed out massively from the wound.
The goblins around them were screaming, but they were looking at the situation of the second Hobgoblin, and not towards where Beard is currently at.
Beard became confused, and he followed their gazes, only to find every single one of his allies on the ground.
The tanker of the squad, Heckle, is holding the Hobgoblin's large foot with his shield solely on his own, and he is being crushed by the massive force of the Hobgoblin's body.
Meanwhile, at the first squad, the fight was just passing a big turning point as the adventurers waged victory after fighting the group of goblin witches.
"Keep moving!!"
Glasses shouted loudly, and all the adventurers kept on moving forward.
They are slaying the goblins at a rapid pace, until the path in front of them suddenly becomes clear. The battle stopped because the goblins suddenly moved away from the area, and they all turned towards the path in front of them.
But what they found in front of them fully shocked them.
Four hobgoblins are running towards them very quickly, stomping the ground so hard that the shake became crazier as they got closer. The path that was opened by the goblin army right in front of them was meant for the Hobgoblins to run.
Seeing this, every adventurer on the spot panicked.
"MOVE!!!!!"
Glasses commanded, and everyone else did their best to clear out the area. The Hobgoblins are rushing towards them at high speed and are not stopping. One of them leaped forward to try and crush the adventurers with its massive body, while the other three just couldn't stop their run and crashed to the walls.
BAAAARRRRR!!!!!!!!
The crash of three Hobgoblins to the walls caused the entire lair to shake, and now the walls above the first entrance are collapsing. Massive debris is falling, and the adventurers noticed this danger.
"Take cover!!!"
The boulders are falling one after another, as if it was raining rock. A massive piece of boulder fell down from the walls and smashed a group of goblins not far from the area.
The adventurers tried taking cover on the small wooden platforms by the walls, but these platforms can only hold against smaller rocks.
Glasses took cover on a small opening inside the wall, alongside another adventurer next to him. He peeked his head out the hole once the rocks were done falling from the skies, and he found movement.
A Hobgoblin, holding a huge rock that smashed the smaller goblins, ready to throw it towards the people taking cover under the wooden platform.
"NO!!!!"
BAARRR!!!!
As fast as he could, Glasses rushed outside and casted a fire magic attack and fired to the rock on the Hobgoblin's hands. Since the boulder was being held right above the Hobgoblin's head, the explosion from the magic also destroyed the goblin's head.
But because of that single magic attack, Glasses just wasted his entire magic energy, and stress took over his entire mind.
"Kuh..."
"Captain!!!"
The female adventurer that was previously hiding next to him shouted at Glasses. Glasses turned around to the adventurer, and found a shadow looming right behind him.
There is a large figure standing behind him. And as he slowly looked back, the Hobgoblin was staring at him from above, with its massive stone club in the air.
"No!!!"
The adventurer shouted, while Glasses simply stood still in shock.
ZRIINGGG!!!!!!!
JREBB!!!
Glasses had already accepted his face.
However, an item suddenly flew very quickly from the side, and it landed right on the Hobgoblin's forehead.
The item was deepened inside the Hobgoblin's head, and the eyeballs of the poor goblin turned upwards to find its head had been stabbed. The Hobgoblin then fell down backwards as life slowly left its body.
"W-What?"
BOOM!!!
BOOOMM!!!
Behind him, two other Hobgoblins that were still alive suddenly fell to the ground. Glasses turned to them, and found the same item was also deepened inside their heads, and he knows that the same thing has happened to them.
"Throwing knives?"
He mumbled as he studied the item, as well as the corpses of the two Hobgoblins.
The two Hobgoblins that just fell down were fully dead. A throwing knife was found stuck on their heads, with the blade fully deepened underneath the skin and only the handle can be seen.
Who? Who threw such throwing knives so powerfully?
Glasses quickly turned his gaze backwards, and on top of the wooden platform where his teammates are hiding, is a single person.
He is wearing long brown robes covering his entire body including his hair, and his hands and legs couldn't even be seen. His face is wearing a wooden mask that looks like a skeleton, and a glimmer of his red eyes can be seen behind the mask.
"Wha-"
Before Glasses could call him, the robed masked man leaped away and landed next to his team member who shouted at Glasses before.
The team member, a young female adventurer, is on the floor crying heavily, unable to comprehend the situation. With her eyes wet from crying, she had her longsword on the floor.
The masked man arrived in front of her and bowed down to look at the girl in the face. His hands slowly moved forward and took the longsword from the girl's hands, and he pulled the sword easily without getting any resistance.
"I will be borrowing these."
"Uh? S-Sure..."
The girl didn't know what to do, and she just let the masked man take the sword from her.
The masked man stood up again and turned his gaze at Glasses. He just stared at Glasses without saying anything, and then leaped away.
Glasses pondered for a second, and then he understood what had happened. A grin formed in his face, and he immediately lifted his hand high.
"Come on! The battle has yet to end!!!"
Hearing their captain roar loudly, the first assault squad once again received energy. They came out of their hiding spots, and the raging battle continues.